Elements of Journalism Test Bank Solution Manual (Rated A+)

Elements of Journalism Test Bank Solution Manual (Rated A+) Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel - Answers authors of The Elements of Journalism What is Journalism For? - Answers "Journalism was for building community. Journalism was for citizenship. Journalism was for democracy." primary purpose of journalism - Answers is to provide citizens with accurate information that allows them to be free and self-governing Kovach and Rosenstiel provide an in-depth analysis on a few specific elements of journalism - Answers the awareness instinct, the birth of journalism, a free press in an electronic age, the journalist's theory of democracy and a few others three key forces that are causing a shift away from journalism connected to citizen building - Answers nature of the new technology, conglomeration, globalization Accuracy is the foundation upon which everything else is built; - Answers context, interpretation, debate, and all of public communication Overtime, several journalists have suggested a few substitutes for truthfulness, including - Answers fairness and balance Kovach and Rosensteil believe fairness to bee too abstract and could be more - Answers subjective than truth Balance, also, is too - Answers subjective balancing a story by being fair to both sides might not be fair to the truth and the - Answers overall message journalists are trying to convey to their readers journalism's first loyalty is to - Answers citizens Journalists serve the - Answers public their goal is to report truthful, accurate and clear news and deliver such news to - Answers citizens such allegiance to citizens is defined as - Answers "journalistic independence" "journalistic independence" - Answers has created some confusion between journalists and the public In the newsroom, a "____" is often created between journalists - or the news - and the business side of the news corporation - Answers wall A wall such as this one creates tension and raises the question of - Answers a journalist's true loyalty to citizens. Kovach and Rosenstiel note five key characteristics to define the relationship between business and news - Answers (1) The owner/corporation must be committed to citizens first; (2) hire business managers who also put citizens first; (3) set and communicate clear standings; (4) journalists have final say over news; and (5) communicate clear standards to the public. the discipline of verification is what separates journalism from - Answers entertainment, propaganda, fiction, or art Journalism ignores the manipulation and persuasion of facts and infotainment and focuses on - Answers accuracy and clarity Within the text is a set of concepts that are fundamentally the core of the discipline of verification. Essentially, they are principles of reporting: - Answers (1) Never add anything that was not there; (2) never deceive the audience; (3) be as transparent as possible about your methods and motives; (4) rely on your own original reporting; and (5) exercise humility. Why should journalists be humble - Answers not only should they [journalists] be skeptical of what they see and hear from others, but just as important, they should be skeptical about their ability to know what it really means William Safire was once - Answers a speech writer for President Richard Nixon William Safire transitioned from politics to journalism shortly after the - Answers Watergate scandal broke out Safire mentioned a few key words to describe the fundamentals of good journalism: - Answers Hard facts; truthful conclusions; not letting ideology turn you away from a story; candid labeling; honesty